ABBA Arena, London
The ABBA Arena is the home of ABBA Voyage: a purpose-built arena on Pudding Mill Lane in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, directly opposite its own DLR station, holding around 3,000 people. It went up in 2022 for the show, and the sound, the lighting and the screens were all designed specifically for it.
There are three ways in and they are three different evenings. The Dance Floor is standing, general admission, in the middle of everything. The Auditorium is the seated Blocks, A to K, ringed round the floor and rising behind it. The Dance Booths are eight private booths at the back with their own bar.
Our short answer is to stand on the Dance Floor, towards the middle to back and in the centre. If you would rather sit, the centre Blocks are the best seats here and are priced that way, and the value is in the Blocks along the edges, a few seats in from the outside. We've always thought the pricing for the seats is very fair, so get the best seat you can for your budget, knowing that the more you pay, the better the seat will be.
Nothing hangs over anything in this building. There is no tier above you anywhere, so no ticket here puts you underneath a structure.
Below: the seating plan and how the three ticket types compare, the Dance Floor, the seated Blocks, the Dance Booths, how to get here and why you want the DLR, access, where to eat, drink and stay, and more about the building.
Quick facts
- Address: ABBA Arena, Pudding Mill Lane, London E15 2RU
- Nearest station: Pudding Mill Lane DLR, directly opposite the venue, about a minute
- Areas: Dance Floor, Auditorium Blocks A to K, eight Dance Booths
- Capacity: around 3,000
- Running time: about 100 minutes, with no interval
- Doors: at least 1 hour 45 minutes before. Arrive 45 minutes before, no later
- Parking: none at the Arena
Currently at the ABBA Arena
ABBA Voyage is booking well into 2027, with new months released one at a time.
A booking-until date is not a closing date, and the two get confused. New dates go on sale month by month, so a sold-out looking calendar usually means the month you want has not been released yet rather than that the show is finishing.
It is a concert rather than a musical: the four of them appear as digital versions of themselves with a live ten-piece band, it runs about 100 minutes with no interval, and Dancing Queen, Waterloo, The Winner Takes It All, Mamma Mia and SOS all come from this show. Age guidance is 6 and over.
What it costs
Most seats run between around £50 and £110, and the Dance Floor is around £60 to £85. The lowest price here is for a seat, at around £40. So standing costs less than most of the seats do, and only the cheaper side seats come in under it.
Whatever you book, our pricing is all-in, so the price you see is what you pay.
ABBA Arena FAQs
What should I wear to the ABBA Arena, and is there a dress code?
No formal dress code, so wear what you like, and plenty of people put a proper outfit together for it (we're talking lots of sequins). The venue makes two specific requests: do not wear an "Afro" wig, which it treats as a condition of entry, and do not wear anything that lights up, because the whole show is engineered lighting and a glowing costume sits in other people's view of it.
Can I take photos at the ABBA Arena?
Not during the concert. Photography, video and audio recording are all prohibited once it starts. Outside the arena and on the concourse inside you can take as many as you like.
Can children go to ABBA Voyage?
The show is recommended for over 6s. Under-3s cannot come in at all. Anyone under 16 needs an adult of 18 or over with them, and cannot be seated or standing on their own. Everybody needs their own ticket.